Mozscape Index
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Hello:
There was a Mozscape Index scheduled 9/8/2015 and now it go pushed back October 8,2015.
There seems to be a lot of delays with the Mozscape Index. Is this something we should expect? Updates every 2 months instead of every month?
Thanks!
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Thank you for your question and concerns. Moz is committed to providing high quality metrics. I wrote a piece about it prior to my joining Moz a month or two ago comparing the proportional representativeness of Moz's index to Google vs. the other major providers, which showed that Moz's crawl was more representative of Google than any other. An unfortunate side effect of monitoring index and metric quality is actually doing something about it when things don't look quite right. We would rather know we delayed an unsatisfactory release than not know if we delivered a satisfactory one.
That being said, I think you will be pleasantly surprised over the next year or so with the improvements you see coming out of the Big Data team in everything from quality to quantity and stability. They are doing some truly amazing things.
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Yeah, you guys have pretty much nailed it. So sorry, again, for the delay!
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Moz finally added an update on the Mozscape API Updates page:
https://moz.com/products/api/updates
TL:DR; This month's update has been cancelled.
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Just adding to what Dmitrii said...
Rand offered an explanation in August on this Q&A - https://moz.com/community/q/august-3rd-mozscape-index-update-our-largest-index-but-nearly-a-monthly-late.
Like Dmitrii, while I can understand why the delays are happening, I hate learning after the fact that the update is delayed. I've concluded that every two months is the new normal, at least for now, and am setting my own and client expectations accordingly.
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Hello there.
If you go here - https://moz.com/products/api/updates You can see that it's far the first delay and that it's somewhat "normal". So, I'm kind of used to it. Now, also if you go here - https://moz.com/about/jobs#listings
You can see that there are lots of open positions for engineering staff. So, if you are willing to help MOZ improve - there is a good chance
They are growing and their amount of clientele is growing even faster. I'm not trying to justify the delay, but at the same time i do understand why it's happening.
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